Poker Glossary
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Half-Pot Limit - A betting limit equal to half the size of the pot.
Hand - The cards dealt to a player.
Hand Cards - Concealed cards that are dealt face-down.
Hand Pace - The extent of betting, calling, raising, and bluffing compared to the size of the pot.
Head to Head - Two people playing poker.
Heavy - A pot with too much money.
Hedge Bet - A side bet to limit possible losses.
Heeler - A kicker.
Heinz - Seven-card stud with fives and sevens wild and also penalty cards.
Help - To improve a hand on receiving additional cards in stud or draw poker.
Hidden Declarations - A rule for declaring high-low hands by concealing different color chips in one's hand.
High - The best hand
High Spade in Hole - Seven-card stud in which the hand with the high spade in the hole divides the pot with the high hand.
High-Low - A game in which the highest and lowest hands split the pot.
Highball - Poker in which the highest hand wins.
Hilo Pocalo - Five-card stud in which the up cards can be refused and passed to the player on the left (Take It or Leave It).
Hit - A draw or catch that improves one's hand.
Hit and Run - A player who’s been at the table a short time and leaves the table after scooping a big pot is said to hit and run.
Hokum - A stud variation providing an option to receive cards face-up or face-down.
Hold 'em (Hold Me Darling) - A seven-card game with two face-down cards for each player and five face-up cards for everyone's use (Tennessee Hold Me, Texas Hold 'em).
Hold Out - To cheat by concealing a card or cards for future use.
Hold Out Device - A mechanical device used by cheaters to hold out a card or cards (See Bug, Lizard, Spider).
Hole Cards - Cards dealt face-down in stud.
Hole-Card Stud - Five-card stud in which betting starts on the first hole card.
Hollywood - Fifteen-card Cincinnati with five in each hand and ten table cards.
Holy City - A big hand, usually with aces and picture cards.
Honest Readers - The normal marks or irregularities on any deck of cards.
Honor Card - A ten or higher value card.
Hook - A jack.
Horsing - After winning a pot, its the practice of passing a small amount of money to another player.
Hot Deck - A deck from which good hands are being dealt.
Hot Hands - A run of high-value hands.
Hot Pot - A special pot, usually played for higher stakes (Pistol Stud).
Hot Streak - A run of good \luck\" or winning hands (Spinner)."
House - A person or organization running a poker game for profit.
House Cut - The amount cut from pots for the house, club, or casino.
House Game - A poker game in which admission is charged or the pots are cut for the host's profit. Considered illegal in most states.
House Rules - Rules, especially betting, agreed upon by the players.
Hoyles - Any accepted rules for card games.
Humps - See Belly Strippers.
Hurricane - Two-card poker.
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